Question

4. Answer the following questions: [ 5X1=5]
1. Which bird is known as the Herald of Spring?
ii. The bark of which tree supplies us with the anti- malarial drug quinine?
iii. By which name is Tulsidas' Ramayana in Hindi called?
iv. Who is the writer of the book 'Conquest of Self'?
v. Which Indian city did Job Charnock found in 1690?​

Answer 1

Answers for the following questions are given below :

i. Robin is the bird known as the Herald of spring

ii. Cinchona is the bark of a tree which supplies antimalarial drug quinine

iii. Ramcharitmanas is the name of Tulsidas's Ramayana in Hindi. Tulsidas was a Ramanandi Vaishnava saint and poet.

iv. Mahatma Gandhi is the writer of the book ' Conquest of self'. It was originally published in the year 1943

v. Job Charnock founded Kolkata in 1690. He was an employee and administrator of the East India company.